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Samsung Fixes Cellphone Keyboard Vulnerability

Posted by Soulskill on from the squeaky-keys-get-the-grease dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Several days ago, news broke that Samsung's keyboard software on their Galaxy series of cell phones had a glaring security issue that left 600 million devices vulnerable to attackers. The company has now fixed the flaw internally, and is making plans to roll out security updates to affected devices. They say the likelihood of an actual attack is low, because a particular set of conditions need to be met before any damage could be done.

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  1. Fuck by binarylarry · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I hate these god damn layout changes.

    Fuck you idiots at Dice!

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    1. Re: Fuck by binarylarry · · Score: 2

      Also these paid advertisements are getting out of hand.

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  2. Re:Hate the layout! by Krojack · · Score: 2

    Make your own site and pull the data via rss

  3. Re:Android still sucks anyways? by Krojack · · Score: 2

    Those are not ASOP Android problems, they are Samsung's modified Android problems with Samsung's software.

  4. Re:Too bad it won't work... by bjwest · · Score: 2

    Or hold the carriers legally responsible for breaches when they don't pass the update through. Or, better yet, the FCC should hold them financially responsible and fine them for not passing a security update on to the devise, regardless of age.

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